[PATCH 0/2] changelog history cleanup

[Tim Gardner]

Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> We have had requests for a fuller changelog for the kernel package.
> Firstly we have had requests for a fuller installed history, the main
> changelog only has entries relating to the current series.  Secondly
> that some of our rebases have not been obvious enough in the changelog.
> This series of patches attempts to improve the situation.
> 
> The first patch uses the existing changelog.historical file in the
> source package in combination with the existing changelog to generate
> a fuller installed changelog.  Following the precident from other
> packages we install this new changelog as part of the binary kernel in
> /usr/share/doc/<package>/changelog.Debian.old.gz.
> 
> The second patch is the result of reviewing the current cycle and ensuring
> that the rebases are called out in a consistent manner.  This would be
> for and aagainst Karmic.
> 
> Does this seem reasonable?  Comments?
> 
> -apw
> 
> Andy Whitcroft (2):
>   UBUNTU: install the full changelog with the binary package
>   UBUNTU: changelog -- explicitly note rebases and clean history
> 
>  debian.master/changelog                |    6 ++++++
>  debian.master/changelog.historical     |    5 -----
>  debian.master/rules.d/2-binary-arch.mk |    7 +++++++
>  3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> 

applied both

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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com